Improvement in honey-boxes for bee-hives



C. I-LCONNOLLY. Honey B0X' for` Bee-Hive.

CHARLES H. CCNNOLLY,

OF HENRIETTA, TEXAS.

IM PROVEMvE-N-l'flN-*HON EY-BOXES FOR BEE-HIVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 22 [,284, dated November 4, 1879; application filed l June 16, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. CON- NOLLY, ot' Henrietta, in the county of Clay and State ot Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Bee-Hives; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertain's to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ot' this specification, and in which- Figure lis a Vertical section of my improved bee-hive. Fig. 2 is a similar section taken at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of 011e of the honey-boxes detached from the hive, and Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the same.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures,

rFhis invention has relation to the honeyboxes of bee-hives; and it consists in the improvement hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, A is the body or box of a hive, the walls or sides of which are, in the present illustration of my improvement, placed slantingly orinclined downward, so as to make the hive wider at the top than at the bottom.

A short distance above the bottom are two iianges, a a, which support aremovable frame, B, within which is suspended the wire-cloth bottoml b. Below this and in the bottom of the hive is a sliding board, C, provided with a raised ila-nge, c, at one end, which will tit into anopen space in the lower part of the rear wall of the hive, formed by making that wall or side so much shorter than the others.

Just above the false bottom b, on opposite sides of the hive, are notched slats d d, the notches of'which receive the lower pins, e, of the comb-frames E F, to be hereinafter described; and parallel to and a suitable distance above the slats d d are corresponding slats d d', the notches of which receive the upper attachment-pins of the comb-frames. Each of these consists of an upper and a lower crossplece, E E, triangular in cross-section, asseen in Fig. 2, and united by inclined side pieces, F F, as seen in Fig. 1, the upper and lower ends ot1 which are secured to the cross-pieces E E, respectively, by projecting pins e e, which will, when the comb-frames are placed in position within the hive, tit into the notches of the side bars or slats, d d, as already de scribed.

Resting upon the upper side slats, d d', is the honey-board G, which supports the honeyboxes, two or more. (Dcnoted by the letter H.)

In order to give the bees admission into the honey-boxes, the board G is provided at one end with a slot or opening, g, and each of the honey-boxes has a corresponding slot or opening in the bottom, which is placed directly over the opening g.

The top of each of my improved honey-boxes consists of a stationary cover, h, provided Iwith a small opening, h', and a sliding glass cover,

To the middle of the upper side of each of the honey-boxes is secured a strip or bar, 7c, extending longitudinally the entire length of the box a short distance above the sliding cover, for the double purpose of serving as a handle by which the honey-box may readily be removed from and reinserted into the hive, and also serving as a protection to the glass cover i.

lis the hinged roof or cover of the hive, and fK is the entrance for the bees, which is arranged in one of the walls or sides just above the false bottom B b, and provided with a fly-board, 7c'. Below this is a narrow slot, Z, forming an entrance into the bottom part of the hive between the false bottom and slide C. Through this opening the bee-moth will enter the hive, but is prevented from ascend ing up among the comb-frames by the wire screen b.

The small opening 71. in the stationary part h of the cover ot' the honey-boxes is for the purpose of introducing the sulphurous or other vapor into the honey-boxes when these are charged with honey. The bees will escape` through the opposite opening in the bottom of the box, the vapor thus merely driving them out, but not destroying them.

Inteslixnony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES H. CONNOLLY.

Witnesses:

C. M. BURGEss, VINCENT STINE. 

